Holland isn't far from the UK/rest of Europe, so Philips was always big here in the UK ever since the 1950s. They had factories here too until the 1990s. They were a massive company, made everything...

Hi. I'm not sure where you got that contrast ratio info from, but it's wrong. The static c/r would be something more like 3000:1 if that and at a very low backlight setting. 5000:1 is only achievable...

You're not going to get great black levels like that unless you go for an Edge LED TV with local dimming (like the W900A). The W800B does not have the ability to sectionally dim areas with a picture...